Senior Year (2021): Led the Redbirds in the circle, posting a 19-6 record with 29 appearances and 23 starts … Landed a spot on the All-MVC First Team … Garnered NFCA All-Mideast Region Second Team honors … Earned a spot on the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team … Posted a 1.63 ERA in 163.0 innings of work … Pitched 19 complete games, including eight shutouts … Finished the season with a league-leading 247 strikeouts – the 16th most in NCAA Division I … Shutouts ranked No. 13 overall in Division I … Strikeouts per seven innings (10.6) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.06) ranked No. 7 and No. 8 on the year in NCAA Division I … Finished her career with 620 strikeouts, ranking third all-time … Tossed ISU’s first no-hitter in a decade against North Dakota State (March 14), becoming just the 10th Redbird ever to accomplish the feat since 1981 … Turned in 11 double-digit strikeout performances … Held her opponents to a .181 batting average … Tossed four one-hitters … Just the fourth player in program history to eclipse 200 strikeouts in a single season.
Junior Year (2020): Led the Redbirds in the circle, posting a 7-5 record with 16 appearances and 12 starts … Posted a 2.76 ERA in 78.2 innings of work … Pitched eight complete games and two shutouts … Finished the season with a league-leading 123 strikeouts – the 12th most in all of NCAA Division I … Ranked 11th in NCAA Division I in strikeouts per seven innings (10.9), while leading the MVC in the category … Finished second in the Valley in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.73) … Tied the ISU single-game strikeout record after fanning 18 batters in a 5-0 complete game shutout of IUPUI (Feb. 28) … Recorded seven double-digit strikeout performances … Earned MVC Pitcher of the Week honor on Feb. 24 for her perfect 2-0 weekend at FAU’s “Strike-Out Cancer” Tournament, posting a 0.00 ERA, allowing just two hits in 10.2 innings of work, while holding her opponents to a .065 batting average … Shortened season due to COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of events and championships by the NCAA.
Sophomore (2019): Appeared in 39 games with 25 starts in the circle for the Redbirds ... Earned All-MVC Second Team honors ... Pitched a team-high 12 complete games for the season-straight season to go with five shutouts ... Earned a win over nationally-ranked Indiana (March 2) ... Posted a 10-16 record with a 3.26 ERA in 154.2 innings of work ... Fanned a team-high 156 batters, the 10th most in a single season by a Redbird ... Earned MVC Pitcher of the Week on March 4 ... Struck out a career-high 12 batters versus Valparaiso (May 9) in the opening game of the MVC Tournament ... Fanned 11 Crusaders in the regular-season finale on May 4, becoming the first Redbird to strike out at least 10 batters since Regan Romshek struck out 10 in 2015.
Freshman (2018): Earned MVC Newcomer of the Week on March 5 ... Placed on the MVC All-Tournament Team ... Appeared in 31 games with 21 starts in the circle as a true freshman for the Redbirds ... Pitched a team-high 12 complete games, including a team-best four shutouts ... Registered a pair of saves ... Posted a 9-11 record with a 3.22 ERA in 141.1 innings pitched ... Fanned a team-high 94 batters ... Made collegiate debut and first career start against nationally-ranked Florida (Feb. 9) ... Tossed a one-hitter at Southern Illinois (Mar. 25) ... Went the distance in 10-inning setback to then-No. 10 LSU (Mar. 2), giving up just one run while striking out six ... Struck out a career-high nine batters versus Evansville (Apr. 13) ... Started Illinois State's pair of MVC Tournament games.
Tuscola HS: Earned four varsity letters as a pitcher/outfielder for coach Leonard Sementi … earned all-conference first-team and all-area first team honors … Central Illinois Conference Champion in 2017 … unanimous first-team all-conference selection as a senior … first-team 2A all- state and all-area honoree her senior year … News-Gazette and Harald & Review first-team all-area honoree in 2017 … 2017 Herald & Review Area Player of the Year … Broke several single-season records as a senior: wins (27), strikeouts (280), innings pitched (182.0), RBIs (62) … Garnered the team MVP and batting average award in 2017 … batted .526 with 10 home runs and .982 slugging percentage at the plate while holding a 1.07 ERA in the circle her senior year … helped her team to 2016 regional and sectional championships and a runner-up finish at the Johnston City super-sectional … batted .519 with a .971 slugging percentage in 2016 … member of the 2016 Central Illinois Conference championship team … collected a 21-4 record in 2015 and 2016 with two career no-hitters as a pitcher …was a 2015 all-conference and all-region honorable mention … played travel ball for BNGSA Avanti's Angels … 2017 ASA/USA 18U Northern National and State Champion … 2017 USSSA 18U A State Champion … finished as the 2016 ASA/USA 16A State runner-up with travel softball team the Champaign Select Gold … also ran cross country at Tuscola, earning the bronze medal at the 2016 IHSA regional to qualify to for the sectional meet … member of National Honor Society and THS student council … held student officer positions of student council vice president, National Honor Society treasurer, and class secretary … four-year member of high honor roll.
Personal: Full name is Morgan LeAnne Day … daughter of Scott and Kirsten Day … sister to Griffin and Mason … born July 1, 1999 in Urbana, Illinois … plans to major in public relations.